People and data

Kew’s scientific vision is to document and understand global plant and fungal diversity and its uses, bringing authoritative expertise to bear on the critical challenges facing humanity today. From this page you can find out about Kew's Science departments and explore a range of specialist information on our scientific research, data and resources.

Science departments

Find out more about Kew's science and conservation work and the people behind the scenes, who make it all happen.

Science Staff

Kew employs approximately 250 scientists, and also hosts over 40 PhD students and 88 Honorary Research Fellows and Associates. Here you can read about the individual research interests and activities of Kew scientists and see some of their recent scientific outputs.

Projects

Kew scientists undertake internally and externally funded project work ranging in scale from small research projects to work programmes delivered through large-scale European and global consortia. These project pages profile our current and completed projects.